For the past few months, some eagle-eyed TowersTimes members have been spotting developments around Air's ride area, including the addition of cameras in the tunnel and around the ride's circuit, as well as various types of lighting being tested in the tunnel. Today, in a surprise end-of-season revelation, Alton Towers [...]
Several eagle eyed TowersTimes members at Alton Towers today spotted that there have been some new features added around the site of the highly anticipated 2012 attraction. Some of these include: Actors patrolling the area in radiation suits, scanning park guests with Geiger Counters (The devices used to measure radiation [...]
Applications were submitted several weeks ago, detailing the new addition to the theme park. The project is now clear to get under way! Due to the location of Alton Towers, the resort have always had strict planning rules and guidelines they must abide to in order not to spoil the [...]
Following the release of the Scarefest 2011 Map earlier today, and the revealtion that the 2012 attraction would be based around 'Nemesis: What lies beneath", Alton Towers have now launched a mini site at altontowers.com/2012. The site begins with a video in code, showing that a team of scientists have discovered [...]
Alton Towers have released another Scarefest treat on their countdown calendar, today's revelation comes in the form of the park map for the Scarefest event showing the many additional attractions, plus a little surprise for eagle-eyed fans of the park. The map confirms what has been widely known about the [...]
If you've ever been to a theme park in the USA, or selected parks in mainland Europe, you may well know that there are often options available to advance purchase food and drink. Often, these are coupled with discounts and allow guests, particularly families, to manage the cost of their day out [...]
Alton Towers seem on a mission to impress this year, with the launch of an interactive Scarefest countdown calendar. By visiting the interactive area of the Alton Towers website, web browsers can play an assortment of games and view media. The first available calendar box, which was released today, is for the appropriate [...]
TowersTimes has today received news from TowersTimes Forum member Stu that groundwork has begun on the site of the 2012 attraction for the Alton Towers Resort. Currently the Lava Lump, which previously stood at the top of Forbidden Valley near The Edge arcade, has been removed signalling the start of [...]
Alton Towers Theme Park will host two additional Scarefest attractions when the event is unleashed to the general public from Saturday, 15th to Monday, 31st October 2011. Th13teen: After Dark has been added to the range of spooktacular halloween attractions which follows on from the limited success of Th13teen: Live [...]
Alton Towers will unleash their 2011 Scarefest event in just four weeks with a brand new attraction - Zombies! Scare Zone. The event, which runs from Saturday 15th to Monday 31st October, will see theme park rides open until 9:00pm together with a host of spooky halloween attractions - for [...]
As reported earlier this year by TowersTimes, Alton Towers have recently been on the look-out for lovely looking ladies to grace the pages of a 2012 calendar based on their latest roller coaster Th13teen. The search was launched back in June by Celebrity Big Brother and TOWIE star Amy Childs, [...]
Alton Towers scrapped its free fastpass system many years ago in favour of a paid system, which initially was priced at around £5 per person for a number of major rides. Prices at present cost around £10 for 2 or 3 attractions, with single ride fastrack also available priced around [...]
